admin | October 11, 2011
About So Far Away: A Daughter’s Memoir of Life, Loss, and Love Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press (November 15, 2011) Christine Hartmann’s mother valued control above all else, yet one event appeared beyond her command: the timing of her own death. Not to be denied there either, two decades in advance Irmgard Hartmann chose the [...]
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admin | August 23, 2011
About Conversations and Cosmopolitans: Awkward Moments, Mixed Drinks, and How a Mother and Son Finally Shared Who They Really Are: Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (November 8, 2011) After moving from the Midwest to New York City at the age of twenty-one, Robert Rave finally found the resolve to mail a letter to his parents informing [...]
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admin | August 19, 2011
About Maman’s Homesick Pie: A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen: Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Algonquin Books (October 11, 2011) For Donia Bijan’s family, food has been the language they use to tell their stories and to communicate their love. In 1978, when the Islamic revolution in Iran threatened their safety, they fled to California’s Bay Area, [...]
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admin | July 1, 2011
We have FOUR fantastic books in our July Book Club of the Month Contest! _____________________________________________________________________ Immigrant life, father/son relationships, and the evolution of an unlikely writer Book Clubs will find all that and so much more to discuss in Thoughts Without Cigarettes by Oscar Hijuelos! Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos has won multiple awards for his [...]
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admin | June 7, 2011
About Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Gotham (October 13, 2011) Donna Johnson’s remarkable story of being raised under the biggest gospel tent in the world, by David Terrell, one of the most famous evangelical ministers of the 1960s and 70s. Holy Ghost Girl is a compassionate, humorous exploration of faith, betrayal, [...]
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